Brandy Betz

Brandy covered crypto-related venture capital deals for CoinDesk. She previously served as the Technology News Editor at Seeking Alpha and covered healthcare stocks for The Motley Fool. She doesn't currently own any substantial amount of crypto.

Brandy Betz

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Policy

Colorado to Accept Crypto for Tax Payments by End of Summer

Gov. Jared Polis outlined the plans during an appearance on CoinDesk TV.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis at ETHDenver (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

Encryption Firm Evervault Launches Service to Protect Crypto Seed Phrases

The company’s 121824 subscription service allows users to securely store the keys to their digital wallets.

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Policy

US Bill Seeks to Protect Unhosted Crypto Wallets From Regulators

Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH), a member of the Blockchain Caucus, introduced the bill on Tuesday.

Representative Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) (Getty Images)

Finance

Binance.US Faces SEC Probe Over Trading Affiliates: Report

The two affiliates have ties to Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, The Wall Street Journal reported.

CEO de Binance, Changpeng Zhao (Archivo de CoinDesk)

Finance

CoinFund Joins $9M Round for Digital Infrastructure Inc’s Bid to Decentralize Vehicle Data

Digital Infrastructure's DIMO platform gives drivers ownership of their vehicle data.

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Finance

Blockchain Interoperability Network Axelar Raises $35M at $1B Valuation

Polychain Capital and Dragonfly Capital were among the investors in the company building a network to connect users, assets and decentralized applications across multiple blockchains.

Polychain Capital founder and CEO Olaf Carlson-Wee. (Credit: CoinDesk archives)

Finance

CoinFund’s President Working on Assembling ‘Regulatory Legos’ for His Firms to Succeed

Christopher Perkins, who joined the VC firm from Citigroup last summer, says he’s encouraged by increasing bipartisan support in the U.S. for blockchain technology.

Lego blocks

Finance

Polkadot Parachain Astar Launches $100M Boost Incentive Program

The new fund will offer liquidity and financial support for smart contract developers.

Former Libra Director Joins Polkadot Builder

Finance

Compliance Platform Sardine Closes $19.5M Funding Round to Eliminate Fishy Crypto Transactions

A16z, NYCA and Experian joined in the capital raise for the San Francisco startup.

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) co-founder Marc Andreessen

Finance

Zynga Plans First NFT Games, Web 3 Acquisitions in 2022

The mobile gaming giant expects to announce partnerships with, and possible purchases of, blockchain firms by the end of the second quarter.

Zynga headquarters in San Francisco, Calif. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)